Alcione Colecha is a Product Development Engineer located in Curitiba, Brazil with over 15 years of experience in product development for automotive and consumer goods industries. She holds a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and is currently pursuing an MBA in Project Management. Her experience includes design of mechanical parts, specification of electrical components, manufacturing support, and new product development. She is proficient in CAD systems like CATIA and has a background in wiring harness production.

1. Alcione Colecha
Product Development Engineer
Curitiba, Brazil
Phone: 55 (41) 99634-2988
alcionecolecha@yahoo.com.br
Education:
• Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering / Universidade Positivo / Curitiba. Brazil / 2011.
• Electronic Technologist / UTFPR-PG / Ponta Grossa, Brazil / 2005.
• MBA in Project Management at SENAI PR / Curitiba, Brazil/2016 (expected).
Qualifications Summary
• Recently working with product development in the consumer goods industry, products as refrigerators and
vacuum cleaners, design of plastic parts, specification of electrical components, tests requirements,
manufacturing support on quality issues and production efficiency by pruduct design improvements,
delivering robust design solutions on time, to specification and within cost and budget constraints.
• Ten years of experience in the automotive industry, working with product development (trucks) but also
with experience of wiring harness production techniques for high volume manufacture.
• Technical knowledge in electrical-electronic and mechanical design (AC & DC electrical principles).
• Knowledge and understanding of injection moulding.
• Good understanding of project quality tools.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional team and communicate professionally with strong organization skills
creating an agreeable work environment.
• Able to deal with unexpected changes in the work environment, quick adaptation through the new
situations.
• Portuguese native language, excellent English oral and written communication skills.
Professional Experience
ELECTROLUX (April/14 – till date)
Designation: Product Development Engineer.
R&D – Refrigerators Multi doors – Ice and Water system (September 2016 till date)
• Development of technical solutions of projects to include initial scoping, design concept generation,
functional prototyping, design validation, manufacturing validation, and development of value engineering
plans through product launch.
• Following the Project Management activities, with milestones, and specific deliverables to be
complimented with an innovative, continuous improvement spirit and obsession for exceeding customer
expectations.
• Investigation and prescribezation of optimized materials and manufacturing processes for a given
component and sub-systems. Looking beyond current material and manufacturing standards, and integrate
outside industry best practices and manufacturing innovation into the development.
• Critical thinking to understand depth of design and to predict why, when, and how designs fail.
• Effective leadership of collaborative sessions within and outside technical domain to gather information and
technical opportunities, consumer needs, and optimized design.
Product Care - Vacuum Cleaners (February 2015 – September 2016)
• Developing technical solutions that meet specification requirements, and processes that are optimized for
low cost, high volume manufacturing.
• Specification of components as electrical cables, electrical motors, filters for dust, plastic resins, sealings
and packaging material.
• Product safety validation according to Brazilian legal demand and International standard (IEC)
• Design of mechanical systems and components, using CATIA CAD system and Teamcenter PDM System.
• Leading lab based testing for component and system characterization and validation.
• Practical and methodical design development through prototyping and testing.
• Definition of product improvements using problem solving tools as A3 and 8D for quality and assembly
issues in current products
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2. Alcione Colecha
Product Development Engineer
Curitiba, Brazil
Phone: 55 (41) 99634-2988
alcionecolecha@yahoo.com.br
• Support to Purchasing team to develop new suppliers in Brazil and China, contact with suppliers in China
for technical specifications during the development.
• Responsible for product structure (BOM) in the MRP/PLM system.
Professional Experience at Electrolux (continuing)
Cost Out Engineering (April 2014 - February 2015)
• Management of cost reduction projects in engineering team (with 5 engineers) consisting of component
redesign, alternative raw materials and development of new suppliers for components used in Irons,
Blenders, Vacuum Cleaners and High Pressure Washers.
• Within teams, promoting the generation of ideas for product cost reduction, hosting brainstorms with
product teardown, selecting and presenting ideas and concepts.
• Definition of the top priority projects, analysing payback, lead time.and technical complexity.
• Bi-weekly meetings with cost out manager and core team from Sweden, presenting the results and progress
of the main projects.
TECPRON (April 2010 – 2014)
Designation: Product development analyst. (Working for Volvo Trucks Brazil).
• Working in projects for installations of new electrical systems, developing complete wiring diagram and
designing all wiring harnesses in the vehicle (trucks) using SABER and CATIA CAD systems.
• Cable routing definition in the vehicle using CATIA 3D, considering safety requirements, noise/vibration
issues, different temperature zones and electromagnetic compatibility, designing mechanical brackets,
heatshilds and holders for electronic units and connections.
• Applying quality tools as DFA (design for assembly), DFAM (design for after-marketing) and FMEA,
presenting and discussing technical solutions with other areas in the company.
• Elaboration and release of technical documentation (drawings, 3D models in CATIA/ENOVIA and
technical regulations)
• Responsible for product structure (BOM) in the MRP/PLM system.
• Frequent contact with wiring harness manufacturer to align the design with manufacturing process,
releasing a robust design with the lower cost as possible.
• Troubleshoot of wiring harness issues, handling the task of identify issues during the stage of prototype and
tests, performing improvements to prevent further issues.
TSK do Brasil (Feb/2006 – May/2010)
Designation: Electromechanical Designer
• Development of mechanical and electro-pneumatics systems to test wiring harnesses and others electric and
electronics components, mainly for automotive industry.
• Working with commercial department to get customer information and specifications about new projects
and technical concepts.
• Optimization of lead time for development and cost reduction for wiring harness testing systems.
Yazaki Autoparts do Brasil (Nov/2002 – Feb/2006)
Designation: Manufacturing Analyst.
• Development of new assembly lines for automotive wiring harnesses.
• Responsible for specify the methods and processes based on drawings from the customers (Renault/
Toyota) according to quality standards ISO 14001 e ISO/TS 16949.
• Working with Lean Manufacturing concepts, implementing Kanban, developing Poka-yoki´s, definition of
Takt Time and Continuous Flow, elaborating the Standard Work leveling the workload in assembly lines,
problem solving using PDCA and optimization of factory lay out to provide the better material flow.
• Meetings with customers to discuss new projects and to request design changes to avoid quality issues
and/or to improve the assembly process.
• In charge of the prototype phase in new projects, giving support to customers for production tryout in their
plants.
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3. Alcione Colecha
Product Development Engineer
Curitiba, Brazil
Phone: 55 (41) 99634-2988
alcionecolecha@yahoo.com.br
• Development of tools and systems to improve the wiring harness production techniques for high volume
manufacture
• Project management to install new assembly lines, coordinating suppliers and internal techni
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